Letter: Republicans inclusive despite myths

Posted: November 17, 2012 - 6:15pm

Regarding the column by Leonard Pitts Jr. (Republicans must lose ‘cult’ mentality, Nov. 11, amarillo.com), the perception Pitts and Democrats have of Republicans is generated by Pitts — and not reality.

During the recent Republican National Convention, the big three networks and CNN would break away when women and minorities would speak and not show them.

It started with the lynching of Judge (Clarence) Thomas and continues today with the recent gerrymandering in Florida of U.S. Rep. (Allen) West’s district to show him the door.

Judge Sandra Day O’Connor served many years on the U.S. Supreme Court before other women were seated. Several Republican women now serve as governors.

Democrats want to own certain voting blocs with a myth they create. Women and minorities have prominent roles in the Republican Party despite this myth.

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I love the way Glenn Runion disagrees with Pitts then launches into a string of Republican cultist comments.

In usual Republican cultist fashion Runion claims that the major networks, in regards to minority speakers at the GOP convention, broke away "when women and minorities would speak and not show them." Sorry Glenn but the networks, including MSNBC, actually featured stories about all of the minority and female speakers at your convention. I thought I was going to grow ill at the avalanche of coverage of Ann Romney's speech, and one can still find multiple videos of the Condi Rice, Francisco Canseco, Mia Love and Tim Scott (All of the five minority luminaries in the Republican party were asked to speak) speeches from the convention. In fact Republicans trot out their two or three black faces every chance they get. Sorry but the wingnut blogosphere has misled you Glenn and you get a 9 out of 10 on the the cultist meter for this comment alone.

Runion then claims that Florida is gerrymandered, even though Florida's electoral map looks like a grid compared to ours here in Texas. Again cultist bloggers and wingnut media have led you astray Mr. Runion.

His mention of the "lynching of Clarence Thomas" is... well... cultist to say the least. Most Democrats don't even know what he's talking about because the whole phrase was drummed up by Right wingers who object to the fact that many, minorities included, criticize Clarence Thomas. Doesn't Runion realize that criticism of political figures happens on both sides of the aisle. Another cultist attitude bites the dust.

I don't disagree that there are a few brown faces bobbing about in the Republican ocean of white. Even so, Runion can't claim that Pitts was wrong, then trot out a string of cultist notions to support his argument. Get real Runion.

Pitts and his racist comments are usually the joke of the week in the AGN. He is an accomplished racist and Miami deserves him but why expose the good people in West Texas to his trash talk. It is nothing new, his articles are about as interesting as watching paint dry on a wall unless you have the same distorted mind.

If you want to see just how "inclusive" Republicans are, just look at their recent treatment of Ron Paul at the national convention. They refused to allow him to speak, they threatened to remove his delegates, and they treated him like a pariah. Going back further, they made sure Herman Cain was not allowed anywhere NEAR the front of the line.

I've also seen the results of GOP "inclusion" firsthand in the ruined lives of the very family members of these people, suicides and drug abuse resulting from years of rejection from these people who preach "inclusion".

And let's not forget the fact that many prominent Republicans consider their workers "parasites". They disparage the very labor that produced their wealth.

The Republican Party is the LEAST inclusive party out there, and I'm hard pressed to understand why any thinking member of the working class would be a part of it.